Arla M. Ruggles

Great Basin Life exists on the fringes … between … high desert expanses and majestic mountain wilderness.

Daily, I watch the winds of change sweeping away what remains of our western culture and heritage, and the land that has produced them.

After many years of roving, I returned to my hometown: Cherry Creek, Nevada (population 20). My mission is to preserve as much as I can of that which will soon vanish, through photography.

My work has been published in photography magazines such as JPG Magazine, and has been exhibited as far away as the American Chamber of Commerce in Vilnius, Lithuania. I am a founding member of Steptoe Valley Photographers’ Association.

If you ever get out this way, I will be happy to show you around ….

(2011.FEB.12)

Triumvirate
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(2011.FEB.07)

Cold And Lonely
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(2010.APR.04)

Wild As The Wind
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(2009.DEC.28)

Indelible Memory
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(2010.APR.18)

Home On The Range

Tea For Two

Haunting
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Winter Trail
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Western Luna
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Mustang Trail
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Determination
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Comfort Of A Child
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Mustang’s Miracle
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Walk It Off
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A Little Blue
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Mustang And Man
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Wisdom And Grace
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Wild As The Wind
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ThunderBeing
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Livery Stable Evening
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High Desert Oasis
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Eye Of Time
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Journey’s End
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Standing Elk, The New Moon And Venus
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Cleaning Up
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Moriah
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Scramble!
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Fancy Free
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Thundering Hoofbeats
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Moment Of Illumination
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Farewell, Jose Cuervo
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Prince Albert In A Can
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Blazing Stallion
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Cherry Creek Drive-Thru
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Fancy Free
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Homestead Winter
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Spoonful Of History
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Aspiring To Glory
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Noelle
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1. The Best Of Anything And Everything
2. Before And After
3. Flotsam & Jetsam
4. Inspired By Life
5. Mood and Ambience
6. Mountains and Mountain Light
7. Mountains Across The Globe
8. Mysteries Of The Past & Present
9. POSTED: No Trespassing
10. Quality Unlimited Photography
11. Streams & Stream Crossings
12. Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence!
13. The Great Outdoors
14. The Human Condition
15. Vibration In Art & Verse: VAVoom
16. Volcanoes, Earth Geology and Atmosphere
17. You Big Softy